IN SITU: Lifepatch – The Tale of Tiger and Lion
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Tribute to Boru Lopian, 2017
Single-channel video of Marsiteka Performance documentation
The performance is inspired by Boru Lopian Sinambela, one of the daughters of Singamangaraja XII, who joined the war and died together with her father and two brothers. In Indonesia, she is a little-known hero, yet one who as a teenager is considered to have possessed great courage. From various stories, there are two main understandings about her belligerent involvement in the struggle that Lifepatch wish to highlight. Firstly, she offered prayer and guidance of which direction to go during a state of trance. Secondly, she took up arms and fought in the battlefield. Thus, the artists wish to understand Boru Lopian as being one of the key figures in the Batak war led by Si Singamangaraja XII.
